Kostroma Governorate (russian: link=no, Костромская губерния, ''Kostromskaya guberniya'') was an administrative division (a '' guberniya'') of the

Russian Empire The Russian Empire was an empire and the final period of the Russian monarchy from 1721 to 1917, ruling across large parts of Eurasia. It succeeded the Tsardom of Russia following the Treaty of Nystad, which ended the Great Northern War. ...

and the

Russian SFSR The Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic, Russian SFSR or RSFSR ( rus, Российская Советская Федеративная Социалистическая Республика, Rossíyskaya Sovétskaya Federatívnaya Soci ...

, which existed from 1796 to 1929. Its administrative center was in the city of

Kostroma Kostroma ( rus, Кострома́, p=kəstrɐˈma) is a historic types of inhabited localities in Russia, city and the administrative center of Kostroma Oblast, Russia. A part of the Golden Ring of Russia, Golden Ring of Russian cities, it is lo ...

Administrative division

Kostroma Governorate consisted of 12 uyezds (their administrative centres in brackets): *

Buysky Uyezd Buysky Uyezd (''Буйский уезд'') was one of the subdivisions of the Kostroma Governorate of the Russian Empire. It was situated in the northwestern part of the governorate. Its administrative centre was Buy. Demographics At the time of ...

( Buy) * Varnavinsky Uyezd ( Varnavino) * Vetluzhsky Uyezd (

Vetluga Vetluga (russian: Ветлу́га) is a town and the administrative center of Vetluzhsky District in Nizhny Novgorod Oblast, Russia, located on the right bank of the Vetluga River. Population: History It was founded in 1636 and granted town st ...

) * Galichsky Uyezd ( Galich) * Kineshemsky Uyezd ( Kineshma) *

Kologrivsky Uyezd Kologrivsky Uyezd (''Кологривский уезд'') was one of the subdivisions of the Kostroma Governorate of the Russian Empire. It was situated in the northern part of the governorate. Its administrative centre was Kologriv. Demographics ...

(

Kologriv Kologriv (russian: Кологри́в) is a town and the administrative center of Kologrivsky District in Kostroma Oblast, Russia, located on the left bank of the Unzha River northeast of Kostroma, the administrative center of the oblast. Popula ...

) * Kostromskoy Uyezd (

) * Makaryevsky Uyezd (

Makaryev Makaryev (russian: Мака́рьев) is a town and the administrative center of Makaryevsky District in Kostroma Oblast, Russia, located on the right bank of the Unzha River (Volga's tributary), east of Kostroma, the administrative center of t ...

) * Nerekhtsky Uyezd ( Nerekhta) * Soligalichsky Uyezd ( Soligalich) * Chukhlomskoy Uyezd (

Chukhloma Chukhloma (russian: Чу́хлома) is a town and the administrative center of Chukhlomsky District in Kostroma Oblast, Russia, located on Lake Chukhloma, from the railway node Galich and northeast of Kostroma, the administrative center of ...

) * Yuryevetsky Uyezd ( Yuryevets)

History

References

* Governorates of the Russian Empire Governorates of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic States and territories established in 1796 States and territories disestablished in 1929 1796 establishments in the Russian Empire {{russia-stub